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Food networking the new dish of the day

REW Staff May 18, 2011 May 18, 2011

by REW StaffMay 18, 2011May 18, 20111463

By Linda O’Flanagan Reality television takes another bite out of the real estate biz this week with the launch of the web show "What’s Cooking in Real Estate?" The brainchild of networking impresario Judy Sahagian, the show blends two of the industry’s key ingredients — gossip and food — to create a program that producers hope will ultimately be picked up by cable bigs like HGTV or the Food Network.

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Photo Gallery: What’s cooking in real estate?

REW Staff May 17, 2011 May 17, 2011

by REW StaffMay 17, 2011May 17, 20111435

[slideshow id=16 width=590 height=400] Photos by Liana Grey and Jon Landers At a live taping of “What’s Cooking in Real Estate,” a new web show by networking impresario Judy Sahagian, guests Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of retail sales and leasing at Prudential Douglas Elliman, architect Glen Coben of Glen &...

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Retailers looking for sweet spots

REW Staff May 11, 2011 May 11, 2011

by REW StaffMay 11, 2011May 11, 20112141

By Chase WellesFrom the Opinion section: After a two year slump, retail brokers say a number of significant leases are out which they expect to be announced within the next 30 days or so as brokers and landlords work to get contracts closed.

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Retail resurgence unstoppable

REW Staff April 20, 2011 April 20, 2011

by REW StaffApril 20, 2011April 20, 20111440

By Faith Hope ConsoloFrom the Opinion section: With spring now well entrenched, and Easter and Passover upon us, it’s clear that nothing — not even a holiday calendar shift and some iffy weather — can stop the economic and retail recovery. The first quarter has shown that March chain store sales rose 2.0%, the high end of the predicted range, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers Chain Store Sales Index.

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Deloitte’s Steven Bandolik: “It’s a tale of good cities.”

REW Staff April 8, 2011 April 8, 2011

by REW StaffApril 8, 2011April 8, 2011

Steven Bandolik, Deloitte By Roland Li Steven Bandolik, director of the distressed debt and asset practice with Deloitte, sees a “flight to quality” in commercial … Continued

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Job growth a mixed signal for Manhattan office market

REW Staff April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011

by REW StaffApril 5, 2011April 5, 20111327

By Roland LiLast week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the country added 216,000 jobs in March, although the national unemployment rate remained relatively unchanged at 8.8% percent. While encouraging, the statistics indicate that a true national recover is still months, if not years away, according to sources, and uncertainty remains in the local office market.

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A new look for Port Authority retail

REW Staff March 28, 2011 March 28, 2011

by REW StaffMarch 28, 2011March 28, 20111586

By Liana GreySeveral weeks ago, Paris Hilton celebrated her 30th birthday at the last place you might expect to find a socialite: the second floor of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Flanked by police officers, the hotel heiress made her way to a luncheon hosted by the United Service Organization, a nonprofit in the terminal, which sits a block west of Times Square. Hilton didn’t stick around afterwards, but her visit is nonetheless a hopeful sign for the Port Authority.